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High school football sprints into Week 3 Friday night, including a pair of games on the WJPA Sports Network. Canon-McMillan takes Route 19 north to face Upper St. Clair. The Big Macs will look to rebound from their loss to Trinity when they kickoff on WJPA-FM (95.3). Meanwhile, on WJPA-AM (1450), we’ll get our first look at Wash High as the Little Prexies visit California. Wash High is 2-0 and top ranked in Class 1A. The Trojans are 1-1 coming into this match-up of returning WPIAL playoff teams. Both games on the WJPA Sports Network will include audio & video, on-air and online, including our YouTube channel. Watch/Listen Here!

Week 3 Schedule (7 pm unless noted)
Avella at Charleroi
Keystone Oaks at Bentworth
Leechburg at Beth-Center
Rochester at Burgettstown
Wash High at California, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450)  Watch/Listen Here
Canon-McMillan at Upper St. Clair, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3)  Watch/Listen Here
Jeff-Morgan at Chartiers-Houston
Fort Cherry at Laurel
West Greene at McGuffey
Mt. Lebanon at Peters Township
Hampton at Ringgold
Trinity at Hempfield
Greensburg Central Catholic at Carmichaels
Mapletown at Serra Catholic
Waynesburg at Albert Gallatin

CHICAGO (AP) — Jared Jones pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, Oneil Cruz added a solo home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Thursday night to complete a three-game series sweep. The White Sox had just two hits in losing for the eighth time in 11 games. Chicago’s AL Central lead over idle Cleveland slipped to 1 1/2 games. Jones (4-6), making his 40th career start, allowed leadoff walks in the third and fourth innings and carried a no-hit bid into the seventh, when Colson Montgomery shut down the bid with a two-out double. Jones finished the inning, matching his longest career outing, and finished with eight strikeouts.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy and Kevin Stefanski are starting new chapters with their teams as the 2026 season opens. McCarthy, now head coach of the Steelers, returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh. He faces high expectations, especially after replacing Mike Tomlin. The Steelers made subtle changes, keeping quarterback Aaron Rodgers for a final season. McCarthy knows he needs quick wins to satisfy fans. Meanwhile, Stefanski takes over the Falcons after a largely successful stint in Cleveland. Stefanski is aiming to build a foundation for future success.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Mike Evans, Demarcus Robinson and Deebo Samuel caught touchdown passes from Brock Purdy, and the San Francisco 49ers routed the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in the first NFL regular-season game in Australia. Purdy passed for 205 yards against the Rams’ ineffective defense at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 100,021 fans. That’s the seventh-largest regular season crowd in NFL history. The San Francisco defense frustrated NFL MVP Matthew Stafford into a 15-for-25 performance for just 155 yards. Kyren Williams scored the NFL’s first Australian touchdown on a 5-yard rush to begin the second quarter. but the Rams’ offense struggled from there.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — No. 7 Miami set a school record for yards and tied the mark for points in a game, with quarterbacks Darian Mensah and Luke Nickel each throwing three touchdown passes in a 77-7 win over lower-division Florida A&M on Thursday night. The Hurricanes finished with 856 yards, breaking the mark of 750 against Ball State in 2024. Miami had 77 points in a game twice previously, both against Savannah State. And the game was so one-sided that the teams agreed to shave five minutes off the fourth quarter, setting the clock for 10 minutes instead of the standard 15. By then, it was 77-0.